Broncos Even Series with Pilots

PORTLAND, Ore. --- On a breezy Saturday night at Joe Etzel Field, the Santa Broncos hit three home runs to claim an 8-3 win over the Portland Pilots to even the three-game West Coast Conference series. Daniel Lopez homered for the Pilots.

The Broncos (10-30, 3-14 WCC) scored the game's first four runs when they plated one in the top of the second and three more in the fifth inning. Jake MacNichols provided a solo homer in the second, and Connor Henriques belted a two-run blast in the fifth.

Portland's (22-21, 4-16) first run came in the home half of the sixth inning. With two runners on, Chad Stevens just missed hitting a three-run homer when he sent a shot to deep center field that hit the…